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THE TEIB1JNE.
. Mi & JE. M. KiaOIEM. , Pubs.
McCOOK , NEB
NEWS OF KEBBASKA ,
. The majority of far
mers' daughters teach school at a sa'aryof
from $18 to 30 per month , and , after deduct *
Ing enough for board and clothes , tljey save
money to pay their way at eome good school
or college for a term or more , and then teach
gain. Their fathers never think It neces
sary to mortgage the farm in order to Bead
the srlrls to school , as some fathers do for
their sons.
Sorno girls learn all there Is to bo learned at
district schools , and then , instead of going to
college , they Invest all the.money they can
spare in cows and calves/which they hire
kept. This Is usually u good Investment , a
cattle can be so'd readily at almost any time.
Young women , ns well as young men , ECU
the Importance ot obtaining land und making
homes for themselves ; therefore they take
advantage of Uncle Sam's generosity , and get
SB much land ns iho law will permit , which is
820 acres , a homestead and timber claim , ICO
acresto each.
The average female homesteader 1 busi
nesslike. and not afraid to do any work that
falls to their lol. Shecan help mow and
Black hay , ! > a good housekeeper , can mills
cows , and harness n team as easily as hoc
brothers , and J havo knc vn a few girls who
have built the shanties on their homesteads.
IVso shanties , you must. understand , nro
cheap , easily constructed houses of a primi
tive pattern , and usually called a ' "claim-
holdor. "
When a g'rl of this kind marries she gen-
erallv considers herself as capable of manag
ing her property as she was before she mar
ried * and lor tlrs reason the does not make as
desirable a wife ns one who Is not quite so
strong minded nnd does not know a bud bar
gain from n. good one.
If n girl who has homo'tcad marries a man
who has not. the law says she may keep iho
land and perfect the titio lu her own mime.
In Nebraska it is supposed that woman has
evolutedfnr enough out of the Bta'o of im
becility to bo allowed ti vote on all questions
relating to the public school * . providlnsr she
has taxable property or children of a school
age. She ran also he elected to any school
office. [ New York Sun.
J Tnr.CnsTER COCSTV McnDEn.-Tbc Custci
county murder case Is attracting so much at
tention In the state that , for tho benefit of
those who have not followed the case closely ,
the reporter Interviewed Hon. Thomas Dar-
nall , tho attorney for tho prosecution , and
obtained from him the following facts : Tho
Brighton Hanch company have over lifty
thousand acres of government , land , open to
homestead End pro emption claims , fenced in
and their cattle , numbering oversix thousand
in this rich do
head , are allowed to pasture
main , which includes some of the richest soil
in Nebraska. Tho homesteaders have been
trying to settle this tract for Eorae time , but
have been so repeated y bulldozed and driven
ott by tho cowboys thatno one except a reck
less mn would dare to bra ro the cow-punch
er's wrath by filing a claim on thH property.
To this class belonged Province , tho victim of
the murder that occurred afterward. His
family was composed of himself , his wife and
two boys. Tho cowboys ami settlors kept up
a petty warfare against each other constantly.
The cattle men would destroy the settlers
property , insult their wives whenever the op
portunity offered , and the homesteaders re
taliated by shooting the company's cattle
whenever they found them inside their
claims. This state of affairs continued some
time , until one day last April , while Province
was absent from home , a party of co.vboys
approached his sons , who were plowing in a
field near the house , and ordered them off tne
property in the most approved cowboy lan
guage and threatened to shoot the whole
family If thelrdemandswere not immediately
complied with. The boys left the fleld and
one of them saddling a horse , rode to Brokne
Bcw , when he found his father and acquaint
ed him with what occurred. Mr. Province
sought legal advice and the lawyer told him
to stand by his rights. He immediately
started for home , and yoon after , accom
panied by his younger son , to whom ho
gave a gun , and with a revolver buckled
around his waist , went to work with his
plowing. Two of tho company's men named
Powell and Long soon discovered him , and
riding up demanded to know "Why in h 11 ho
had not obeyed their commands to leave tho
property ? " Province replied by discharging
his gun. The cowboys returned the fire ,
whicd was kept up until Province had emp
tied both weapons , and seeing that the cow
boys meant business , threw up his hands ,
and promised to leavo tho claim at once. The
men lowered their weapons , and Province
turned his back and walked toward thenouse. ,
He had gone but a short distance when tne
men raised their weapons and flred. % One of
the bullets struck Province in the back and
ho fell to the ground , mortally wounded. The
shooting occurred on tho Kth of last April ,
and the sheriff immediately visited the ranch
and demanded the surrender of the murder
ers , but the manager of the company refused
to deliver them into custody , fearing they
might lie lynched , so great was the indigna
tion of the people. When this became known ,
a vigilance committee was organized and went
to the place armed , only to find that they had
teen removed to another ranch. This EO en
raged the mob that they tore down one of tho
company's buildings and destroyed over six
miles of fence in one night , the cowboys re
turning tho compliments by destroying tho
settlers * property. The manager finally con
sented to surrender the men , and they were
removed to the county jail at Broken Bow.
They were indicted for murder in the first de
gree , and their trial set down for the ISth of
June. Hon. Thos. Dnrnall was employed to
prosecute , and McNamer and Green for the
defense. The defendants filed an affidavit on
the signatures of forty men for -change of
venue , but the prosecution obtained over one
hundred and fifty , and after a two days' fight
the motion was defeated , and the case was
continued until July 6. The prisoners are
confined in the Custer county jail at Broken
Bow , which is guarded day and night by an
armed posse of men. So bitter Is the feeling
against tho two men that threats of lynching
are made openly , and there is said to be a se
cret organizatlon'of over ono hundred men ,
who are bound by oath to see justice dono ,
which probably means that if the law does
not.hang the prisoners , theywill do it them-
Eelves. [ Omaha Republican.
THE STATE TN BRIEF.
' The peculating delivery clerk of Lincoln ar
rested and taken to Omaha escaped with a
fine of but 523 and ten days in jail. But it
was a close call for tho penitentiary , and he
will probably be moro circumspect in the fu
ture.
Falls City dispatch : James Cottier , a drug
gist of this city , together , with his clerk , were
publicly horsewhipped last night by tho for
mer's wife. During tho day Cottier and Po
liceman Hank Lapp had been circulating tho
report that Mrs. Cottier had had an illicit bed
fellow the night before , and tho woman in the
case took the above means of avenging her-
bolf. After driving her husoond and his
cletk into the store at the edge of the lash ,
Mrs. Cottier drove off in search of Policeman
Lapp , whom sho .attacked with tho same
weapon , when she was taken into custody ,
and was fined by tho police judge for her bel
ligerent escapade. .
Tho county seat of Keya Paha county has
been located at Spring View after three
flercelyfought'battles.
Tho state board of agriculture has issued
Its-list of premiums for the Nebraska state
fair , which Is to bo held at Lincoln , opening
on September lltli , and closing on tho 18th.
The pamphlet contains about forty "pages ,
and comprises tho names of the members of
the board , a list of .county agricultural so
cieties , constitution and by-laws of tho society ,
a list of county and state fairs and stock
shows , togetherwith other information use
ful to exhibitors of lire stock aud produce.
The First National bank of Beatrice ha §
added $50,000 to its capital and now carries
$100,000.
An Omaha famfly caught a Tat , poured coal
oil over him and set fire to the poor animal
In hlsagouy he ran undur the house , and
only llrtly work prevented tho family from
being punUhed for their cruelty to tho poor
beast by losing their home. People so destl
tutoof acnso and feeling never ought to bo
able to own a home.
A Washington special .says that Senator Van
Wyck is consulted nearly every day by Cleve
land is becoming solid with the ad minis tra
Uon. *
Claims aie being sold in the Immediate
locality of the new town of Bushville , in tho
White river country , for from Sl.Ooo to
$3,000 , 'and this , too , within two months of
entry.
Eighteen million young pike are ready for
distribution to parties In the state having
ponds and lakes suitable for their reception
Ordera should be sent to B. B. Kennedy ,
Omaha.
The commissioners of Sherman county. It is
announced , will hold a meeting to consider
tho advisability to submitting to tho electors
of that county tho question of voting bonds
to the U. P. railroad , on the condition of such
railroad extending tbeir line from St. Paul to
Loup City.
The census shows 1,808 school children in
Sherman county.
As tta "heated term" approaches there are
not a few who cast about for some agroeablo
locality in which to spend a month or sir
weeks daring tho time that old sol's scorchihg
rays are exerted with a power equal almost
to tho melting of human flesh. The Union
Pacific company evidently had this class in
view when they arranged a sj stem of round
trip tourists tickets from all important stations
on the line to Denver , Colorado Springs and
Pueblo at great reduction from regular rates.
These tickets will be good until October 1st ,
enabling thousands to visit the cool resorts of
Colorado and the west at a rate within tho
reach of the poor as well as opulent. Agcnta
of the company along Its lines will enlighten
all who seek information regarding price of
tickets , etc.
John B. Pinch is said to bo a Drominent can
didate for tho Lincoln postofflce.
The slick forger and swindler calling him
self Fuller , who at one time took in and done
for several Omaha citizens , has just been
given twenty-four years In tho penitentiary
at Stlllwater by tho St. Paul courts.
Nellgh has a professional beggar , a woman
in comfortable circumstances , who makes
regular and profitable begging excursions Into
the adjoining counties.
Monsignor Capel , the celebrated English
divine and orator , recently visited Omaha
and gave two lectures.
At a beer garden dance house in Omaha on
Sunday last two drunken Italians shot and it
Is thought mortally wounded Frank Marlin ,
an inoffensive German who was participating
in the terpsichorcan exercises. The shooters
were arrested and jailed.
Passenger rates on all lines from tho Mis
souri river to San Francisco have been re
duced from 593 to $91.65. To Sacramento , Log
Angeles and all intermediate points the first-
class passenger rate is now $88.35 , instead o
593 , as heretofore. First-class rates to Cali
fornia havo been changed from $22.50 to
& .0-25 , while the rates to Salt Lake City and
Denver are reduced from $53 to S51.50.
Kearney is in trouble with Its canal bonds.
Tho city treasurer is being urged to decline
paying interest , on account of a failure on
the part of the corporation to carry out their
work according to contract.
Dedication ceremonies of Douglas county's
new court house took place on Thursday last ,
on which occasion the building was thrown
open for inspection of the public.
The old Buckingham theatre building at
Omaha has been secured by the Woman's
Christian temperance union for gospel tem
perance work. The saloon will bo turned into
a. lunch room and the wine room into a read-
Ing room. As soon as necessary repairs can
be made , prayers will ascend where profan
ity and ribaldry were tho order of the day
and night , and the rooms above formerly oc
cupied by besotted and ungodly men will bo
used as a working girls' home , where poorly-
paid females can find a cheap temporary stop
ping place until employment can DO ob
tained.
Whitelaw Reid , the noted editor of the New
York Tribune , tarried briefly in Omaha a fow
days ago , on his way to the Pacific coast. The
successor of Horace Greeley conversed freely
on political and other matters to all who hon
ored him with a call. _
Lightning struck tho house of David From ,
of Butler county , singing the whiskers of Mr.
F. and burlng somewhat the cheek of oqp of
his children. Then it passed down into the
cellar , doing no further damage.
Rumor says the Omaha Bee publishing com
pany has in contemplation the erection of a
$173,000 building on ground opposite the new-
Douglas county court house.
The Lincoln Journal ia now sent out along
the B. & M. by an early morning fast freight
train.
Mrs. Bouller , of Otoe county , against whoso
husband suit of ejectment had been brought ,
was so affected thereby that she took to her
bed and died.
The Omaha fair and exposition company Is
not receiving the encouragement that had
been looked for.
While P. J. Cunningham , freight conductor
on the A. & N. line , was making up his train
at L'incoln , he stepped between two cars to
make a chain coupling , the drawheads having
been broken off. Before he got out from be
tween the cars the engine backed up and ho
was caught and badly squeezed. A physician
was called to attend to the unfortunate man's
injuries. He foundathat two ribs were broken
and the body badly bruised , but that there
were no dangerous internal injuries.
Jn tho United States court at Omaha Judge
Dundygranted an order directing tho receiver
of the West Point Creamery and Manufactur
ing association to allow Poole and other ap
plicants to examine the books and papers of
the corporation.
Washington special : Mr. Sturdevant , who
was appointed postmaster at Fullerton , was
recommended by Hon. William Neville , and
Sterling Hart Is urged by Neville for receiver
at the Valentine land office , and will probably
bo appointed. Miles Zetmeyer and W. W.
Conas are applicants for the registership at
Valentine.
The Beatrice public school has been placed
upon the list of public schools from which
graduates may enter upon the regular college
course at the state university without exam
ination.
Several prisoners In the Beatrice jail have
signed the temperance pledge. If they stick
to it there is not much danger of spending
many more of their days in prison.
N. K. Grlggs , er-consul to Chemnitz , wll
orate at Plattemouth on the 4th of July.
A lot In Omana owned by ex-President
Hayes is occupied by a saloon keeper , but
that is no fault of Mr. H his agent having
made the dicker without the knowledge of
the owner of the ground , who is known to be
a strong temperance advocate.
John Ublman , says tho Arapahoe Pioneer ,
brought to town a curious freak of nature in
tho shape of a double head of a calf born at
his placo cast of town. The calf was alive
when born.but died shortly afterwords. Both
heads were well developed , and were joined
together at the neck. Had the animal lived
it would have proven valuable property.
The new iron bridge over the Minnechaduza
near Valentino Is being rapidly pushed to
ward completion.
A scrimmage is reported between two far
mers' wives in Washington county. In which
ono of the participants was quite seriously in
jured by a hoo In the hands of the other bel
ligerent.
Methodists south of Juniata havo let tho
contract for.a twelve-hundred-dollar church.
Nelson is getting a good many new settlers ,
and all ore said to bo of the better class.
There Is talk of another paper at NeJigh ,
tho politics of which will be of the democratic
stamp.
Tho West Point paper mill was recently
compelled to shut down for a few days on ac
count of high water.
The proposed mail route from Wakefleld to
Ponca is to be embraced in tho list of adver
tised mail routes to be let this summer.
A gan ? of horse thieves have been giving
themselves a vacation at and about Schuylcr
by playing horse trader. Their scheme was
to talk trade with a man , get possession of hia
horco for toe moment and then declare the
verdant granger to have squarely traded.
A Washington special ssys the present dis
trict attorney and marshal of Nebraska will
not be removed , at least not this year.
Indlanola dispatch : Three woman and six
children were drowned lu a canyon nine miles
cast of here.
1 he Dorchester Star says ttiat Marsh Stan-
tonholives near the Blue river , brought
to that town last week a full grown wild cat ,
weighing twenty-one pounds. He succeeded
in capturlnflve small ones. Itwasa daneer-
ou < looking animal aud has been giving Mr. S.
considerable trouble of late.
Tho postofflce at Rogers , Colfax county , has
been discontinued by order of Postmaster-
Generiil Vilas.
Some one predicts a dry summer and n vis
itation from grasshoppers. So far there has
been plenty of moisture , and as to the insects
it is nut wor.h whi'.e to borrow trouble.
Fish arc said to bo unusually plentiful In
the Jilue river this spring.
PJninv'ew expects to have R good school-
house soon , ths prospect being favored by
the people in both town and country.
HOMO traJers are oneratinir through ths
elate aud are voted to bt > a gang of swindlers.
A. DEATH WABffJOfG.
How a Sailor's Wife Was A'otlfled of His Sad
Fate at Sea.
A most remarkable case of death warning
has come to light by the announcement of
the unfortunate death of F. M. Christie , tho
first officer of tho barkontino "E. A. San
chez , " Captain W. N. Fooks , of Baltimore.
Mr. Christie , when at home , lived at333 North
Tihirteenth street , Philudolpnio , where hla
wife now resides. On February 10th the ves
sel sailed from Hampton Roads for Rio Ja
neiro with flour. A f6w days after ho sailed
his wife met with a strange experience , which
mnde such a strong impression on her at ihe
time that she noted particularly tiio time.
Her wedding ring had been brought from
Rrseario , South America , for her , and was ot
a peculiar make , composed of six gold bands
twisted fantastically together , and was quite
heavy. While sitting in her room a few days
after his departure , late at night , thinking of
him , the ring suddenly snapped in two while
upon her finger , with a loud noise. It was ey
autly at that time her husband met his death ,
A letter received by her from Captain Fooks
states that tho weather was bad after leaving-
the lioads , and steadily grew worse until on
February 16 it blew a hurricane. About mid
night the vessel was in such a perilous posi
tion that all hands were required on dock.
Without warning a furious blast throw tho
vessel on her beam end , and a high sea
poured over her starboard quarter , staving in
the bulwark part of tho cabin and carrying
away the binnacle , a boat , and also Mr. Chris-
tic and two seamen , and badly injuring tho
men who were lashed av > tho wiieel. The
whole affair transpired so suddenly that tho
men were not heard to utter a single cry. Mr.
Christie had been married only a year , and
iiiid , during that time , been with his wife but
three weeks. He was twenty-slxyears of age.
His death has prostrated his wile.
A TRAGIC RELIC.
4. Portion of the Scaffold Upon' Which 2fr * .
Surratt was Hanged.
Washington telegram : At the execution of
Sirs. Surratt , Payne , Heroldsand Atzerodt
Tuly 5,1833 , near the old prison in the arsenal
rrounds , the rough scaffoldjusod In theexecu *
ion was torn down and nearly all theltlmbers
vhich composed It were used [ in reconstruc-
.ion of the buildings on tho grounds , most of
.hem going into the floor of the stables. The
Jross-piece , from which the ropes were hung ,
lowever , was removed by the master me-
jbanic who was employed there , and by him
ildden under a high pile of lumber. There it
ay for nearly twenty years , entirely forgot-
en by tboso who know what become of it.
Jast week , however , iu working about tho
grounds , the veritable cross-piece was found
ind recogsized by the man who hid it. " Ho
was aided in this recognition by the places
: ut away where the uprights were mortised to
the cross-piece. Acloso scrutiny showed even
the marks lett by the ropes with which tho
onspirators were hanged. Tho wood was
soft pino and its fibres were readily com-
msssed by the ropes. It might be supposed
hat relics from this scaffold would be eagerly
ought for by the relic hunters , but such was
lot the case. 'Ihere seemed to be a dread1
imong that usually unscrupulous class of
: ouching or handling any of the material , the
associations being of too dreadful a nature.
Some years after the execution a proposition
ivas mado to assist in a lair given by a chari-
able organization by having canes and othea
irticles made from the remnants of the scaf-
'old. but as soon as the managers of the affair
eained the origin of the articles the offer wrs
leclmed with rather curt thanks. There is
3ut little left of tho arsenal to remind one of
that memorable occasion. Tho old prison ,
( There the conspirators were confined and
; ried , has been entirely remodeled , two com
plete houses having oeen made from it. One
s occupied by Gev. A } res , tho commander of
: he arsenal , and tbo other by the executive
sfficer. Tho latter is the chapel part , where
lie trial was held. In 1SG" the remains of the
executed conspirators were removed to allow
3f changes in the grounds , and were placed
under the flooring in tho prison. That por-
jon of the bui ding Is now used for a store-
louse. The spot where the scaffold stood is
now included in a lawn tennis court , and aa
: he young ladies aud gentlemen gaily disport
hemselves in the attractive game of tennis
Dn pleasant afternoons they little think what
a , tragedy was enacted a scoro of years ago
upon tho very spot upon which they stand.
Action of tlio General AssamDiy at Cin
cinnati.
At the Presbyterian general assembly in
Cincinnati , S. B. BelL D. D. , of Missouri of-
'ered a resolution against Sunday papers , ami
: ommittlng the thurch to the policy ol what
3 commonly known as prohibition. The res.
ilutJon was referred to the appropriate com-
nlttce. The standing committee on freedom
eport total receipts for the year $16,000.
Under the care of this board are 200 churches
.1,300 communicants , 200 Sabbath schools ,
5,100 scholars. During the year 1,703 mcm-
jcrs have been added to these churches. IL
ST. Paive , of Iowa , who was colonel of .
lored regiment in the late war , delivered an
iddress.
Judge Drake's Roman Catholic resolution is
\
ur THE
Miscellaneous Matters of Interest front the
Old World.
A telegram from Suakim says : An
armor train was surprised by rebels tearing
up rails of a new railway and opened fire upon
them. It is estimated the rebels lost several
hundred men.
Granvillc declares if Turkey .refuses
to occupy some o the Red Sea ports England
will bo compelled to make arrangements for
the occupancy of these places by some clvil-
I/cd power.
A priest is just in with a commuui-
cation from Poundmaker to Gen. Middleton.
Poundmakeroffers to surrender uncondition
ally. His followers to the number of 2,000 are
now coming to talk with Middleton. Forty-
eight half-breeds are with them.
A Paris dispatch says : Dr. 1'roust
has been sent by the government to Marseilles
to advise upon measures for r'eTCntmS a
a repetition of last year's cholera scourge.
There are some indications that the authori
ties are waking up to the fact that
cleanliness beforehand is what is needed
rather than medicine afterward. There
have been some attempts to ren
der Marseilles and Toulon less filthy , but they
have largely failed because of the public in
difference among the citizens. The Spanish
government's prohibition o further inocula
tion by Dr. Ferran is ostensibly due to the
fact that some persons , who had been sub
jected to treatment died. Ferran , however ,
points to the fact that out of six thousand
persons inoculated with the cholera germ , the
deaths , if any , have been so few as to escape
record. He does not see how the government
commission of inquiry , now at work , can fail
to report favorably on his system in vfew ot
such resits as these. The doctor , however ,
cares nothing about the result , except from a
humanitarian point of view and says that if
the Spanish government will not let him save
people from cholera in Spain he will go to
Paris and London , and explain his system in
public there , hoping to secure its adoption by
soaae government.
It is asserted that the English pro
posals recently made to Turkey , prouding
for the occupation of Soudan by Turkey , has
been declined by the Porte. This decision
caused much surprise as France has as
sured Turkey she has no objection to the
proposed arrangement The failure of this
plan is said to be the reason for holding the
guards at Alenandria.
Sheikh Melik , a descendant of the
old Argo line of native kings , has been ap
pointed governor of Dongola by the KheJive.
He will b'e a virtually independent soveregn
after the evacuation of the country by the
British. England has refusel to be answer
able for the consequences of the appoint
ment.
ment.A
A dispatch from Massouwah states
that King John of Abyssinia is rapidly collcst.
ing a large force of warriors at Adowa with
the avowed purpose of preventing the Italian
contingent now occupying the Red Sea and
other ports in Europe from advancing on Sin.
Iket. The dispatch caused much excitement
and in official circles fears are expressed that
unless the troops are withdrawn at once , a
conflict ol arms will occur.
HERE JLKT > XHERJS.
Matters of Greater or Xesser Import Trans
mitted by Teleyrapli.
At Brownsville , Tenn. , forty masked
men took a negro , Powhatan Pete , from jail
and hanged him to a neighboring tree. He
was one of a gang of thieves who committed
an extensive robbery a week ago.
William Haas , who shot and killed
his sweetheart , Anna Nebert , on the night of
January 18th last , in Chicago , was sentenced
to nineteen years in the penitentiary.
A few nights ago at Fort Gratiot ,
Mich. , a south bound Grand Trunk freight
train was boarded by five armed men , who
kept possession of the train until a short dis
tance from Frazier , when they left , fearing
the train men would receive reinforcements.
At Mt Clemens two deputy sheriffs boarded
the train , but were quickly overpowered nnd
disarmed. The tramps told the tra.n men
they wanted to reach Detroit to see the circus.
A fevf evenings ago William Riley
and his little 7-year-old daughter went to
William Holbrooks , near Homer , Ind. , to stay
all night. Holbrook and Riley are brothers-
in-law. Riley and [ his child slept together in
a room through which a young man had to
pass to and from his own apartment. This
morning he found Riley with his throat cut
His little daughter lay upon his right arm ,
looking as if she were asleep. A bloody razor
was close by Riley's hands. Marks on the
child's neck showed that her father had first
killed herand then placed her on his arm and
cut his own throat Riley was dissolute. His
wife left him a week ago and had commenced
proceedings against him to compel him. to
keep the peace. Tlie little girl was very pret
ty and bright
Soldiers attacked Indians on Blue
river and compelled them to retreat with
three wounded. It is believed the Indians
will attemt to retreat into Sonora via Arizono
will be impossible to do without coming in
contact with the troops an/l the cowboys
guarding every pass. There are fully 120
thoroughly armed men trailing the Indians.
Should they meet the hostilea before they
get into Mexico there will be a fight to the
death , bucks , squaws , and pappooses will
share the fate of extermination. "No quar
ter , " is the cry of the cowboys.
Chas. Eoger , the father o ! the Bel
gian constitution , and statesman , is dead.
The chamber adjourned as a mark of respect.
The public buildings are draped in mourning.
It is announced that the president
has given orders that two correspondents who
telegraphed the late stories about trouble at
the White House between Miss Cleveland
the president and others be hereafter excluded
from the building.
Win. Prentiss shot his father dead
'
at Orange , Mass. The father in a drunken
fit , ordered his son to shoot a cup which he
held on his head.
The brake band of the Kenawah
Mining Company near Charleston , West Vir
ginia , an Incline 300 feet long up the steep
mountain , broke and two car loads of miners
going to the mines were carried up the moun
tain at a great speed. Nine jumped out and
four remaining. Three were killed and one
fatally hurt , and a number slightly hurt
James D. Cooke , ex-postmaster a
Unlonvllle , Conn. , pleaded guilty in the Un
itcd States district court to embezzling ? 3SOO ,
from the office.
At the meeting of the Presbyterian
general assembly In Cincinnati , the report o
the board of home missions was discussed ant
the committee recommended that each com
mifcslonerrepresent this interest to the presby
teries. Report adopted. . The committee on
foreign missions presented a report : Re
ceipts for the year , $700,000 ; expenditures In
eluding debt of § 10,000 , were ? 75S,000 ; leav
Ing a debt of | 58,000. Since the report of the
treasurer has been made , $7,000 has been
raised. Cost of adminstration of the board is
a fraction over 4 per cent of tie receipts.
Chas. F. Boyd , a' forger , was ar
rested recently at Columbus , S. C. , where ho
was mingling in the best society and conduct ,
ing a large lumber business He was taken
to Steubcnville , O.from wherejLe abscondei
October last , after committing forgeries to
extent of 510,000. He was originally a New
Yorker , and served two years in the Green
ville , N. J. , Penitentiary. His forgeries are
said to aggregate 5100,000.
At Franklin , Ky. , a mob of about
one hundred men quietly took from jail Wes
Hicks and Jerry Taylor , who are charged with
burning Mr. Wheeler's house and barn some
time ago , and placing them on horses , start
ed for the country. Next morning the bodies
of the two incendiaries were found hanginc
from the llmbe of a tree near Mitchellville
Station , Tenn. Hicks made a confession and
said the two were guilty.
The strike among the men employed
In the lumber yards at Hannibal , Mo. , is ex-
tendinz to other branches of business , and
general trade is being Interrupted. The em
ployes of two lime kilns have struck. Tho
men in the Trealy foundry quit work and
several plaining mills have shut down. Lime
men talk of doing the same thing. Lumber
men held a meeting and decided not to yield
to the demands of the strikers. All branches of
labor are affecten. The situation is becoming
serious.
ss LOST.
Ji French Fishing HarJt SiinJ : bij the Steamer
Clitj of Home.
The steamer City of Rome , of the Anchor
line , reached New York , having on board be
sides 1,821 passengers , two French fishermen ,
the only survivors of the crew of the French
fishing bark George Jcancttc , which was sunk
by the City of Rome in collision on the bonks
of Newfoundland on May 23. The names ot
the men rescuoJ are Hubert Albert and Franz
Alphocso Marie. The ill-fated vessel , after
she was struck , sank in less than a minute ,
carrying down with her twenty-four men , only
two of whom were saved. Captain Munro , of
the City "of Rome , was too much broken up by
the remembrance of the scene to give more
than a brief statement The steamer left
Liverpool on May 20 ; the weather was flns
until Monday , when , after a bright morning ,
a dense fog came on , which was so thick that
from the bow of tbc boat it was diflieult to sec
a bundled feet ahead. A great many Icebergs
passed. Between 10 a. in and 4 p. m. fifty-
cicht were counted. The captain asserts that
the vessel's pace was slackened to half speed ,
and fully realizing tbe danger every precaution
was taken. Bells were rang aud whistles
sounded continuously. At 4 :3fo , w la-n the fog
was the thickest , the men forward saw the
spars and masts of the baiappear in the
mist , barely seveuty feet away The bark lay
at anchor , and according to the captain's
story , was not rincing Its bell or keeping a
lookout. SJioials to reverse teh engines wero
eivcn , but tlfe steamer struck the little bark
and the Iron bow cut her through with as ilt-
tle resistance as if she had been a piece of
cheese. The people on the City of Rome saw
8 barefooted Frenchman in blue fisherman's
blouses rushing frantically forward on the
bark. The murky air was filled with their af
frighted cries , shiill exclamations of horror
from the deck of the steamer and the hoarse
sounding of the steamer foir-horn , and then
the bark went out of sight A fewspara
floated on the sea and four men could I e ol > -
served struggling in the water. Life preserv
ers were thrown them and soon the powerful
st2araerwas stopped aud backed to where
the bark had been and two boats
\7crc lowered immediatelv. By this time of
the four fishermen one had not sunk , two
were clinging to the buoys , and one floated
along side the steamer , supporting himself
with' spar. The fourth officer rigged .1 rope
round his bodv and taking another rops hail
himself lowered to the man. lie succeeded in
setting a loop about the fisherman's arm and
heck. Strong arms pulled him half way up
lha side of the boat , when the loop slipped
over his head nnd he fell back into the water
nnd sank out of sight This man was Cap-
lain Joseph R. Londin of the ill-fated bark.
Meantime Albert and Marie were picked up
t > y the boats. The stter-.ige passengers who
tended from thr. City of Rome at Castle Gar-
[ Icn declare ith one accord that the steamer
ivas making at least fourteen knots an hour
i -hcn the collision occurred. Every one on
tho fieo. Jcancttc , except Marie , were below.
Marie sat near the stern , keeping a look out
FIc heard tbc whistle of the Rome for eight
minutes before she appeared. He rang the
bark's bell and kept it up , and was ringing
when the Koine crashed Into her. The lost
fishermen were : J1 married. Charles Morgan ,
s steerage passenger , declares that the odi-
jcrh on the bridge were watching the pas
sengers leaping and jumping , and were not
keeping a proper look out. The official log
of the steamer states that on Monday tlie
itcamer made 408 miles. A memorial was
presented to Captain Munro , sijmed by the
' ! > liin passengers , praising his efforts to save
[ lie survivors. _
SEAT OF GOVERSMEST.
31 isrcltantour Matters of Interest at tlie
tional Capital.
Congressman Laird , or Nebraska , has mado
application for an Increase of his pension ,
baviny discovered sibre wound hitherto
unknown.
The collection of iuten l revenue for the
first ten months of the fiscal yeucudinp
June SO , 1 83 , as compared with th collect us
[ luring the corresponding period Of tt flica-i
rear ended Juno 30 , 1334. were a foliow3 :
From spirit' . 1SS4 , SC3.104.7iO ; 1SS5. S&.iyJW ;
iecrease , 56,978,393 ; from tobacco , 18o4. i-1-
U9. 'J3 ; 15S3 , 21,417,538 ; increase , $67CoT ; from
fermented liquors. 1SS4 , $11,227,800 ; 1SS5 , $11.-
393.73. , ; in crease. ? 1 5,033 ; from miscellaneous ,
lbS4 , $319,833 ; 1S5 , 55.23.802 ; decrease , 233,061 :
aggregate receipts. 1S31 , S'ASftJ.SOJ ; 1833 , 592.-
[ 03,417 : decrease. 57.037,883. Tho agsrosato
receipta fee April , 18 3. was S1.141.8& , less
than duringsame month In 3884.
At the last cabinet meeting there was a full
ittendance , including Secretary Lamar , who
488 partially recovered from his recent attack
sf sickness. The question of authorizing the
: ontinuance ot the world's exposition at New
Drleans was again considered. The result Is
shown in a telegram sent by tho president to
Senator Gibson , of which the following IB a
: opy : "The question of reopening the eipo
iition bos been considered DY the cabinet and
: heyaro unanimously of the opinion that
Lore Is no warrant of law for it and that it
vould be Ineznedient on other grounds. "
A little fellow was eating some
bread and milk , when he turned
iround to his mother , and said , "O
mother , I'm full of glory ! There was
3. sunbeam on my spoon and I swal-
lo'wed it. "
GENERAL IfEWS AND NOTJ2S.
Matters of Interest Touched Vpon 6y frea
Sews Gatherert.
An oil tank of boiling lard in a pork
packing establishment , Brooklyn , N. Y. , ex
ploded , completely wrecking a three story
building. Four workmen were buried in tht
ruins.
ruins.Menken
Menken , the Elmira. N" . Y. , murder
er , has been sentenced to be hanged July. 2nd.
Tho voluntary resignation of a post
master at a small town in Indiana , has been
received at the postofflce department The
writer says : "I was first appointed In Jame
K. Polk's administration and have served ev
er since. " He also mentions by name antf
recommends a fellow townsman as his suc
cessor , saying : "Tho change will be demo
cratic , as I voted for Elaine and he voted fo >
Cleveland. "
Two brothers by the name of Rodg-
ers engaged In some unpleasant words a few
days ago , near Sikcstown , Mo. , which result
ed in one brother IniUrtlng wounds upon the
other which may provo fatal. Tho brother
that made the assault started immediately
for other parts , forcing another brother to
accompany him. Some parties from Sikcs
town started In pursuit and found th-i flieln
parties near Essex , in the adjoining county ,
r.nd in attempting to capture tho wcul l be
murflercr he opened fire on the citizensrbo
pi omptly followed suit and brought dowQ
their game , killing him on the suot
Two years ago James E. Crawford ,
a druggist of Brooklyn , N. Y. , took hU moth-
cr-in-law to a barren island and left IILT there
to die , so he would Inherit her property. He
vas tried and acquitted , but he was harr.i > eiT
by the people to such on extent thathe nearly
went wild. A few nights ago he became .1
raving maniac , and was taken to an asylum.
Joseph Ehodes , a mulatto , was
hanged at Galveston for a murder committed
in October last
Albert Ford , who on April 14 , as.
saulted and robbed Miss Cora Bartlctt , near
Romp. N. Y. , pleaded guilty to both charges , ,
ana was sentenced to Auburn prison for thir
ty years. He did not appear affected by the
sentence.
A. 1RAGEDY nf TEXAS.
A. Posse of Men Go After Cattle Tttleces and
are Decoyed Into a Death-Trap.
On May 1st , says a Dye ( Texas ) dispatch , ono
of the most fiendish murders occurred in the-
Indian Territory , just across tho Bed river
from Gainesville. Fora long timo there has
existed in Delaware bend of tho river , on tho
Texas side , a well-organized band of cattle
thieves. Theso parties had stolen some fif
teen head of cattlo from a 3Ir. Young , In the
bend , and driven them across tho river to
escape detection and arrest This prompted
a posso of men to start in pursuit Tho offi
cers knowing that Jar Leo waq tho loader
of this gang , and tb JIB ranch wus some
miles across the rive .no posse proceeded to
that place. Horo t .y touiid tho cattle they
were after , and at once proceeded to tho
house , which is a log structure , built like u
block-house , as a place of rcfugo and defense
Tor tho gang when pursued by officers of t he-
law.
law.Approaching tho houso tho posso dis
mounted and proceeded on foot When In
bailing distance they wcro halted by one Ed
Stein and asked their business. They in
formed said Stem that they had warrants for
the arrest of tho Lee brothers , and t ! > en Stela
Informed them that if they would como
around on the other side of tho house they
would submit , or at least discuss tho matter.
Being thrown oif their guard , the posse com
plied , only to meet a murderous flro from tho
iccupants of tho house , who had invited them
: here to get them in better range of their
Spencer riiles. Five of tho posso were killed
on tho Epot actually riddled with bullets.
There wero about fifteen men in tho house.
The greatest excitement prevails , and a largo-
body of men are in pursuit ot tho offenders ,
who , after the killing , came down toward
Delaware Bend and informed parties tho
victims wero at the ranch anu if not looked
ifter the hogs would oat them. Thoy had
tilled all tho posse , ttvo men , whose names
aro as follows : Andy and James ItolT , Francis
Mather , James Guy and one other whoso namo
[ cannot get. The Leo ranch has been burned
jo the ground and a largo reward offered for
tho arrest of tho murderers. Jut boforo
sending this I learn that two of the murderers
lave been captured and aro now in jail at
Gainsvillc ; tho captured men aro Ed Bteia
and Thomas Leo.
Investigation * or tho Senate Commit
tee at Uoston.
The special committee of the United States
Senate investigating the subject of inter
state commerce had their hearing at the Kail-
road Comm ssioners olliec In Boston. William.
H. Lincoln by invitation addressed the com
mittee. He did not think shippers could com
plain of the present rates , which are ridicu
lously low ; the 7 arc too low for the interest of
railroad stockholders.
Railroad business , he said , is the worst and.
most absurdly m inaijed of any in the country.
One would expect roaus to low er their rates
when the water route competition is left , but
he had know n roads to rake their rates fre
quently at such seasons and to lower rates
when Ln ines > 3 is more than can be handled.
He thought a minimum rate should be fixed
by law. Fluctuating rates unsettled busi
ness generally. Ihe stability of rates is more
Important than the rate itself. Mr. Lincoln
believes that favoritism is shown by railroads
In giving knowledge of a change in rates to-
certain shiprers. lie thought a general law ,
requiring at least ten days' notice of a change
In rates , would be equitable.
lie believed in a national board of railroad
commissioner. Lincoln protested against the
Double tariff system of railroadsl lie be
lieved in basin < ; tar ill upon mileaze the pools
svstem of the country. He resarded as a farce
anv legislation upon the subject of rates. He
believed a car load should be unit and that
DO reduction be marte for largo quantities.
E. A. Eimbla commission man , complained
that New England shippers had to pay an
extracharge of 3K per cent on shloments to-
Chicago for an additional distance of only
sixtv miles in one thousand. Ex-Gov. Clallia
[ avo'red a national commission to regulate
railroad i
JL Lunatic at tlie Throttle of a Ijocomotlva
Jessup is the meeting point for trains of the-
lower division of the East Tennessee , Vir
crinia & Georgia railroad , and has a negro
character known as "Crazy Bill. " The other
morning a freight of thirty cars , bound for
Macon , was waiting the arrival of a passen
ger train from Macon. Bill stole into the lo
comotive cab , blew the whistle and started.
sff. shooting over many switches , but keeping
the track. The lunat.c ran tho train tire
miles , but was stalled at the foot of the bill ,
2S the water in the boiler ran ow. The engi
neer , yardmaster and others , on seeing the-
train leave , went after ami found it at the
liill. The lunatic , in stopping. bevr ! the signal
for a switchman and then sat down on the *
2nd of a cross-tie , andas founJ there by a
srowd. reading his to nment. He was se-
shred and no time lost in side-tracking-
train , which was accomplished just a * tho
p 3 = enirer train came up. But for the it op-1
page the freight would have mot the passed-1
i er tra.n in a frizhtful collision. The lunatic I
was placed in jail and will bo sent to tbe aiyJ
luin. Tho only damage done was the tearing'
up of the track In tbe yard at Jeaaup.
Grasshoppers Hatching in Colorado.
Millions of rpunggrasshoppers are reported
'
lomlnsr out o'c the sandy soil on the south
iideof the Arkansas river above Pueblo , de
vouring early vegetables and tender shrubs.
Chelr appearancfe ia similar to that of 187J ,
vhen they were sf/ept east by winds and con-
iumea an immemu amount of Browing crow
nKansaa.